CN109429272B

CN109429272B - Shunting method in roaming scene and related equipment

Info

Publication number: CN109429272B
Application number: CN201710776563.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡翔; 夏渊; 周汉; 朱泉
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-31
Filing date: 2017-08-31
Publication date: 2022-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-31
Also published as: JP6996058B2; JP2020532204A; CN109429272A; US11115801B2; US20200204976A1; BR112020003773A2; EP3661259A1; EP3661259A4; WO2019041937A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a distribution method and related equipment in a roaming scene, which are used for avoiding the situation that the signed service flow of a roaming user loops back to a home location, reducing the flow consumption between networks, realizing the local distribution capability of a terminal in the roaming location and improving the service quality. The method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: a roaming regional core network control plane V-CP receives a first message sent by a home regional core network control plane H-CP, wherein the first message comprises a local splitting LBO strategy based on a signing service, and the signing service is a service which a user needs to split locally; and the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming ground core network user plane V-UP so that the LBO strategy is installed on the V-UP to realize local distribution processing of the signed service.

Description

Shunting method in roaming scene and related equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a offloading method in a roaming scenario and a related device.

Background

At present, a user leaves a home location of a terminal when using the terminal, and at this time, the terminal needs to access a roaming location where the user is located, so as to ensure that the terminal normally accesses a network. In order to ensure the continuity of the service under the condition of roaming switching of the user, networking connection is required to be established between operator networks, and a roaming agreement is achieved; the operator follows the roaming agreement between each other, configures the roaming control strategy, controls the network access of the roaming user, and performs corresponding operation management on the roaming service.

In the current 2/3/4/4.5G network architecture, when a user roams to another operator, a general user data service selects Home Routed (Home Routed) access and returns Home access, and even if the user accesses the local service of the roaming place, the user needs to detour from the Home place to the roaming place, as shown in fig. 1A. The user may also choose to access locally (Local Breakout), which also results in a delay and lower quality of service for the end user to access the home service. As shown in fig. 1B.

When the technical scheme is adopted, various application service (OTT) service providers or Content providers (Content providers) are provided for users through the Internet, under the scene that Content Delivery Network (CDN) servers are deployed nearby at the home to realize local distribution to improve service access quality and reduce inter-network traffic consumption, all service traffic loops back to the home core network user plane (H-UP), and then is distributed to the Gi side to the CDN servers at the roaming place through Internet loops, which may consume inter-network traffic in large quantities and increase service access delay.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a distribution method and related equipment in a roaming scene, which are used for avoiding the situation that the signed service flow of a roaming user loops back to a home location, reducing the consumption of flow among networks, realizing the local distribution capability of a terminal in the roaming location and improving the service quality.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a offloading method in a roaming scenario, including: a roaming regional core network control plane V-CP receives a first message sent by a home regional core network control plane H-CP, wherein the first message comprises a local splitting LBO strategy based on a signing service, and the signing service is a service which a user needs to split locally; and the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming ground core network user plane V-UP so that the LBO strategy is installed on the V-UP to realize local distribution processing of the signed service. In the embodiment of the application, the local shunting strategy of the subscription service sent by the H-CP is received by the V-CP, and the local shunting strategy is issued to the V-UP for installation, so that the subscription service of the terminal is shunted in a roaming place, the inter-network traffic consumption between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the receiving, by the roaming-core-network control plane V-CP, a first message sent by a home-core-network control plane H-CP includes: the V-CP receives a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF through a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy based on the signed service; or, the V-CP receives a first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF through a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO policy based on the subscription service. In the embodiment of the application, the process of receiving the local shunting strategy by the V-CP is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a second implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application, after the V-CP receives, by a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF, and before the V-CP sends the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, the method further includes: the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming place strategy control function entity V-PCF through the V-SMF; and the V-CP judges whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF. In the embodiment of the application, the authentication process of the V-CP on the local shunt strategy is added, and the implementation mode of the embodiment of the application is added.

In a possible design, in a third implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application, after the V-CP receives, by a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, a first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF, and before the V-CP sends the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, the method further includes: and the V-CP judges whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF. In the embodiment of the application, the authentication process of the V-CP on the local shunt strategy is added, and the implementation mode of the embodiment of the application is added.

In a possible design, in a fourth implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending, by the V-CP, the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP includes: the V-CP sending the LBO policy to the V-UP through the V-SMF. In the embodiment of the application, the process that the V-CP sends the local shunting strategy through the V-SMF is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a offloading method in a roaming scenario, including: a home core network control plane H-CP acquires a local shunt LBO strategy based on a signed service, wherein the signed service is a service which needs local shunt by a user; and the H-CP sends a first message to a control plane V-CP of a roaming core network, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy. In the embodiment of the application, the local shunting strategy of the signed service is obtained through the H-CP, and is sent to the V-CP, so that the shunting of the signed service of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the second aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending, by the H-CP, the first message to the roaming core network control plane V-CP includes: and the H-CP sends a first message to a roaming place session management function entity V-SMF through a home place session management function entity H-SMF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy. In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of sending the local shunting strategy by the H-CP is detailed, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a second implementation manner of the second aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending, by the H-CP, the first message to the roaming core network control plane V-CP includes: and the H-CP sends a first message to a roaming place policy control function entity V-PCF through a home place policy control function entity H-PCF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO policy. In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of sending the local shunting strategy by the H-CP is detailed, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a third implementation manner of the second aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the acquiring, by the home core network control plane H-CP, a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service includes: the H-CP configures the LBO strategy through a home session management function (H-SMF); or, the H-CP receives a second message sent by a home application server (H-AS), wherein the second message contains the LBO policy; or, the H-CP obtains the LBO strategy from a home policy control function entity (H-PCF). In the embodiment of the application, the specific way for the H-CP to acquire the local shunting strategy is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a fourth implementation manner of the second aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the first message includes authorization information of a roaming operator. In the embodiment of the present application, the composition of the first message is limited, so that the embodiment of the present application is more complete in steps.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a offloading method in a roaming scenario, including: a home core network control plane H-CP acquires a local shunt LBO strategy based on a signed service, wherein the signed service is a service which needs local shunt by a user; the H-CP sends a first message to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP, wherein the first message contains the LBO strategy so that the flow of the signed service is shunted to a roaming application server V-AS. In the embodiment of the application, the Local shunting strategy of the signed service is obtained through the H-CP, and is sent to the V-Local-UP, so that the shunting of the signed service in the roaming place is realized, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the Local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the second aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending, by the H-CP, the first message to the roaming-Local-user-plane V-Local-UP includes: the H-CP sends the first message to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP through a home session management function (H-SMF). In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of sending the first message by the H-CP is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a offloading method in a roaming scenario, including: a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP receives a Local splitting LBO strategy of a signed service sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, wherein the signed service is a service which needs Local splitting for a user; the V-Local-UP installs the LBO policy; if the V-Local-UP determines that the service sent by the roaming place core network user plane V-UP is the signed service, the V-Local-UP shunts the flow of the signed service to the roaming place application server V-AS. In the embodiment of the application, the Local shunt strategy of the signed service sent by the H-CP is received through the V-Local-UP, and the Local shunt strategy is installed on the V-Local-UP, so that the signed service is shunted in a roaming place, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and a home place is reduced, the Local shunt capability of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the fourth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the receiving, by the roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP, a Local breakout LBO policy of a subscription service sent by a home core network control plane H-CP includes: and the V-Local-UP receives a Local split LBO strategy of the signed service sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF. In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of receiving the first message by the V-Local-UP is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, where the first message includes a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, and the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout; a first sending unit, configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming area core network user plane V-UP, so that the LBO policy is installed on the V-UP to implement local offloading processing of the subscribed service. In the embodiment of the application, the local shunting strategy of the signing service of the terminal sent by the H-CP is received by the V-CP, and the local shunting strategy is issued to the V-UP for installation, so that the signing service of the terminal is shunted in a roaming place, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and a home place is reduced, the local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the receiving unit is specifically configured to: receiving a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF through a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy based on the signed service; or, receiving a first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF through a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO policy based on the signed service. In the embodiment of the application, the process of receiving the local shunting strategy by the V-CP is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a second implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, after the V-CP receives, by a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF, and before the V-CP sends the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, the network device further includes: a second sending unit, configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF via the V-SMF; and the first judging unit is used for judging whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF. In the embodiment of the application, the authentication process of the V-CP on the local shunt strategy is added, and the implementation mode of the embodiment of the application is added.

In a possible design, in a third implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, after the V-CP receives, by a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, a first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF, and before the V-CP sends the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, the network device further includes: and the second judging unit is used for judging whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF. In the embodiment of the application, the authentication process of the V-CP on the local shunt strategy is added, and the implementation mode of the embodiment of the application is added.

In a possible design, in a fourth implementation manner of the fifth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the first sending unit is specifically configured to: sending the LBO policy to the V-UP through the V-SMF. In the embodiment of the application, the process that the V-CP sends the local shunting strategy through the V-SMF is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

A sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including: an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout; a sending unit, configured to send a first message to a roaming core network control plane V-CP, where the first message includes the LBO policy. In the embodiment of the application, the local shunting strategy of the signed service is obtained through the H-CP, and is sent to the V-CP, so that the shunting of the signed service of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In one possible design, in a first implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit includes: a first sending subunit, configured to send, to a roaming-location session management function entity V-SMF, a first message through a home-location session management function entity H-SMF, where the first message includes the LBO policy. In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of sending the local shunting strategy by the H-CP is detailed, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a second implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit includes: and a second sending subunit, configured to send, by using the home policy control function entity H-PCF, a first message to the roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, where the first message includes the LBO policy. In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of sending the local shunting strategy by the H-CP is detailed, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a third implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to: configuring the LBO policy by a home session management function (H-SMF); or, receiving a second message sent by a home application server H-AS, wherein the second message contains the LBO policy; or, obtaining the LBO strategy from a home policy control function entity H-PCF. In the embodiment of the application, the specific way for the H-CP to acquire the local shunting strategy is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

In a possible design, in a fourth implementation manner of the sixth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the first message includes authorization information of a roaming operator. In the embodiment of the present application, the composition of the first message is limited, so that the embodiment of the present application is more complete in steps.

A seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including: an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout; and a sending unit, configured to send a first message to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP, where the first message includes the LBO policy, so that traffic of the subscribed service is shunted to a roaming application server V-AS. In the embodiment of the application, the Local shunting strategy of the signed service is obtained through the H-CP, and is sent to the V-Local-UP, so that the shunting of the signed service in the roaming place is realized, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the Local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the seventh aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit is specifically configured to: and sending the first message to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP through a home session management function (H-SMF). In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of sending the first message by the H-CP is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

An eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a network device, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a local breakout LBO policy of a subscription service sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout; an installation unit for installing the LBO policy; and if the V-Local-UP determines that the service sent by the V-UP of the core network user plane of the roaming place is a signed service, the shunting unit is used for shunting the flow of the signed service to the V-AS of the application server of the roaming place. In the embodiment of the application, the Local shunt strategy of the signed service of the terminal sent by the H-CP is received through the V-Local-UP, and the Local shunt strategy of the signed service is installed on the V-Local-UP, so that the shunt of the signed service in a roaming place is realized, the internetwork flow consumption between the roaming place and a home place is reduced, the Local shunt capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In a possible design, in a first implementation manner of the eighth aspect of the embodiment of the present application, the receiving unit is specifically configured to: and receiving a local breakout LBO strategy sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF. In the embodiment of the application, the specific process of receiving the first message by the V-Local-UP is refined, and the realizability and operability of the embodiment of the application are improved.

A ninth aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the above-described aspects.

A tenth aspect of the application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the above aspects.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the application has the following advantages:

in the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, a roaming regional core network control plane V-CP receives a first message sent by a home regional core network control plane H-CP, where the first message includes a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, and the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout; and the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming ground core network user plane V-UP so that the LBO strategy is installed on the V-UP to realize local distribution processing of the signed service. The method and the device avoid the situation that the signed service flow of the roaming user loops back to the home, reduce the consumption of the flow between networks, realize the capability of local shunt of the terminal at the roaming place and improve the service quality.

Drawings

FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating home routing access in a roaming scenario;

FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating local access of a roaming location in a roaming scenario;

fig. 2A is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of an application of the present application;

FIG. 2B is a diagram of another network architecture for the application of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a offloading method in a roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a offloading method in a roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a offloading method in a roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a offloading method in a roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of an embodiment of a network device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical field better understand the scheme of the present application, the following description will be made on the embodiments of the present application with reference to the attached drawings.

The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the drawings described above, if any, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments described herein may be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The embodiment of the present application can be applied to the network architectures shown in fig. 2A and 2B. In the network architecture shown in fig. 2A, service open coordination is supported between operators, and a home operator signs up a corresponding service open coordination agreement with a roaming operator. The home core network control plane (H-CP) pushes a policy (and authorization information) of a subscription service to a visited core network control plane (V-CP), where the subscription service may be a visited CDN service or another service, and this application takes the visited CDN service as an example for description. After the authentication is completed through a local Policy Control Function (PCF), the V-CP issues the received CDN policy of the roaming destination to a roaming user plane (V-UP), and a subsequent terminal accesses the service, which is then shunted by the V-UP to a roaming destination application server (V-AS) through a Local Breakout (LBO) rule. In the network architecture shown in fig. 2B, a home operator and a roaming operator sign UP, a roaming Local user plane (V-Local-UP) is deployed in a roaming area, all user traffic flows belonging to the home area are first shunted to the V-Local-UP, a home core network control plane H-CP may directly manage the V-Local-UP deployed in the roaming area, the H-CP pushes a roaming Local policy (and authorization information) CDN to the V-Local-UP, and a subsequent terminal accesses the service, and then shunted to a roaming application server (V-AS) by the V-Local-UP through LBO rules. In this application, the local offload policy of the CDN of the roaming destination may also be referred to as LBO policy or local offload policy for short.

For convenience of understanding, the subscription service in the embodiments and the subsequent embodiments of the present application is described by taking a CDN service in a roaming area as an example. Referring to fig. 3, when applied to the network architecture shown in fig. 2A, an embodiment of the offloading method in the roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application includes:

301. and the home core network control plane H-CP acquires a local split LBO strategy based on the CDN service of the content delivery network.

And the home location core network control plane H-CP acquires a local splitting LBO strategy based on the CDN service of the roaming location content distribution network, wherein the LBO strategy is used for splitting the service flow generated when the terminal accesses the CDN service in the roaming location to a local application server V-AS of the roaming location.

It should be noted that there are various ways for the H-CP to obtain the LBO policy, for example, the H-CP may receive a message sent by the home application server H-AS, where the message carries the local offload policy of the CDN in the roaming location; the H-CP can also configure the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place through a home location session management function entity H-SMF; the H-CP can also obtain a preset local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place from a home place strategy control function entity H-PCF. The details are not limited herein.

It can be understood that, before the H-CP acquires the roaming CDN local breakout policy (i.e., LBO policy), the home operator and the roaming operator have signed up, and the user terminal subscribes to the roaming local breakout service package of the home operator.

302. And the H-CP sends a first message to the control plane V-CP of the roaming core network, wherein the first message contains the LBO strategy.

After obtaining the LBO strategy of the user terminal, the H-CP sends a first message to the V-CP, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy.

It should be noted that a network interface is opened between the H-CP and the V-CP, and the LBO policy for delivering the roaming user is supported to implement local offloading processing of the CDN service. The LBO strategy can enable the terminal to directly execute local shunting on the V-UP of the roaming place core network user plane, so that the data stream generated by the user terminal accessing the CDN service does not need to return to the home place core network user H-UP for loopback and then accesses the roaming place CDN server.

It can be understood that, when the first message needs to be authenticated, the first message may also carry network identification information and authorization information of the home operator for authentication between the H-CP and the V-CP.

303. And the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to the roaming core network user plane V-UP.

And the roaming ground core network control plane V-CP transmits the received LBO strategy to the roaming ground core network user plane V-UP, so that the LBO strategy is installed on the V-UP to realize the local distribution processing of the CDN service.

It should be noted that, the V-CP forwards the received LBO policy to the V-UP through a roaming Session management function (V-SMF), so that the LBO policy is installed on the V-UP, and sends a protocol data unit Session modification Response message (PDU Session modification Response) to a home Session management function (H-SMF) after the successful installation on the V-UP.

In the embodiment of the application, when the terminal accesses the CDN server of the roaming place, local distribution can be directly executed on V-UP based on a CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place pushed by H-CP, and data streams correspondingly generated by the terminal do not need to return to the CDN server of the roaming place after being looped back by H-UP and then access the CDN server of the roaming place, so that the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the local distribution capability of the terminal at the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

For convenience of understanding, a specific flow of the embodiment of the present application is described below, and referring to fig. 4, another embodiment of the offloading method in the roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application includes:

401. the terminal is brought online in the operator network through normal attach and activation procedures.

The terminal is on line in the operator network through normal attaching and activating procedures, and can access data services.

It should be noted that, the OTT service provider accessed by the terminal has successfully subscribed to the roaming local breakout service package of the home operator through the subscription system provided by the capability openness function of the operator, and the security authorization module in the capability openness system of the home operator allocates a corresponding initial key and an openable roaming local breakout service package identifier to the OTT.

402. And the terminal accesses the home application server and completes the user login process.

When the terminal uses the APP to which the OTT of the roaming local shunt service package subscribed by the operator belongs, the APP initiates a user login process on the home application server H-AS through the encrypted service flow.

It should be noted that, after the home application server completes the user login authentication procedure for the terminal, the terminal reports the roaming state to the home location application server through the APP, the home location application server judges that the terminal accords with the authority of using the roaming local shunt service package ordered by the terminal, and the roaming location has a CDN server, a dynamic key is generated based on an initial key issued by an operator security authorization module, a roaming-location CDN local breakout policy (where flow description information of the local breakout policy includes a roaming-location CDN server as a target server address) is packaged based on the dynamic key and sent to a network capability exposure function (NEF) of a home-location core network control plane H-CP to implement installation of a roaming-location CDN local breakout LBO policy, where the roaming-location CDN local breakout policy is referred to as an LBO policy for short.

403. And the NEF of the home core network control plane H-CP sends the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to a home session management function entity H-SMF.

And after the home location core network control plane H-CP acquires the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming location from the home location application server, the NEF of the H-CP sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming location to a home location session management function entity H-SMF.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a first message (i.e., a PDU Session modification Request message) from an H-SMF to a V-SMF may be added, referring to a description of section 4.3.2.2.2 about Home-routed routing in a standard protocol 23502 of the third generation partnership project (3 GPP), where the message may carry local offload policy information of a Roaming destination CDN pushed by the H-SMF to the V-SMF.

404. And the H-SMF sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the H-PCF for authentication.

And after receiving the local distribution strategy information of the CDN of the roaming place carried by the first message, the H-SMF sends the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the H-PCF for authentication.

It should be noted that the first message may also carry authorization information of the home operator, so as to ensure information security during transmission.

405. And the H-PCF authenticates the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place.

And the H-PCF judges whether the local distribution strategy (and the authorization information of the home location operator) of the CDN of the roaming location is legal or not, and sends an authentication result to the H-SMF. Specifically, if it is legal, the H-PCF executes step 406; and if the authentication is illegal, the H-PCF feeds back an authentication failure response message to the H-SMF.

It should be noted that the OTT service provider to which the terminal belongs has subscribed to the local offload service package of the home operator in the roaming area, and the home operator has signed a service open coordination agreement with the operator in the roaming area.

406. And the H-PCF sends an authentication success response message to the H-SMF.

And the H-PCF sends an authentication success response message to the H-SMF, wherein the authentication success response message carries the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place. It is understood that the authentication success response message may also carry authorization information of the home operator.

407. And the H-SMF sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the V-SMF.

And the H-SMF sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the V-SMF. And a network interface is opened between the H-SMF and the V-SMF, and a roaming-place CDN local offloading strategy of a roaming user is supported to realize local offloading processing of CDN services of a roaming place at the roaming place.

408. And the V-SMF forwards the received local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the V-PCF.

And the V-SMF forwards the received local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the V-PCF, and the authentication is carried out on the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place through the V-PCF. It will be appreciated that when the V-SMF also receives authorization information for the home operator at the same time, the V-SMF forwards the authorization information for the home operator to the V-PCF at the same time.

409. And the V-PCF authenticates the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place.

After receiving the local distribution strategy information of the CDN of the roaming place, the V-PCF judges whether the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place is legal or not; if it is legal, go to step 410; and if the authentication is illegal, the V-PCF feeds back an authentication failure response message to the V-SMF.

It should be noted that, when the V-PCF further receives the authorization information of the home operator, it needs to authenticate the authorization information of the home operator at the same time. The home operator has signed a service open collaboration agreement with the roaming operator.

410. And the V-PCF sends an authentication success response message to the V-SMF.

And when the V-PCF judges that the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place is legal, the V-PCF sends an authentication success response message to the V-SMF, and the home place operator signs a service open coordination agreement with the roaming place operator.

411. And the V-SMF transmits the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the V-UP for installation.

And after the V-SMF receives the authentication success Response message sent by the V-PCF, the V-SMF issues the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the V-UP for installation, and replies an installation Response message (PDU Session modification Response) of the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the H-SMF after the V-UP successfully installs the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place.

412. And the H-SMF sends an installation response message of the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to an application server H-AS of the home place through the H-NEF.

The H-SMF firstly sends an installation response message of the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to an attribution place network capacity open function entity H-NEF, and then sends the installation response message of the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to an attribution place application server H-AS through the NEF.

413. And the home location application server H-AS informs the terminal that the CDN local distribution policy of the roaming location is successfully installed, and informs the terminal that the roaming location application server V-AS deployed in the roaming location can be accessed.

And the home location application server H-AS informs the terminal that the CDN local distribution policy of the roaming location is successfully installed, and informs the terminal that the roaming location application server V-AS deployed in the roaming location can be accessed.

414. The terminal starts to visit the roaming place application server V-AS.

After the V-UP successfully installs the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place, the terminal starts to visit the V-UP, if the V-UP judges that the address of a server visited by the terminal is consistent with the address of a target server defined in the description information of the local distribution rule flow, the V-UP executes the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place and distributes the service flow of the terminal to an application server V-AS of the roaming place.

In the embodiment of the application, when the terminal accesses the CDN server of the roaming place, local shunting can be directly executed on V-UP of the roaming place based on a CDN local shunting strategy of the roaming place pushed by an H-CP, and data streams correspondingly generated by the terminal do not need to return to the CDN server of the roaming place after being looped back by the H-UP and then access the CDN server of the roaming place, so that the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the local shunting capacity of the terminal at the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

Referring to fig. 5, in another way for the home core network control plane to push the local splitting policy of the roaming CDN to the roaming core network control plane, another embodiment of the splitting method in the roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application includes:

501. the terminal is brought online in the operator network through normal attach and activation procedures.

502. And the terminal accesses the home application server and completes the user login process.

It should be noted that after the home application server completes the user login authentication procedure for the terminal, the terminal reports its roaming state to the home application server through the APP, and the home application server determines that the terminal conforms to the right of using the roaming local breakout service package ordered by the home application server, and a CDN server exists in the roaming area, first, a dynamic key is generated based on an initial key issued by an operator security authorization module, and based on the dynamic key, a CDN local breakout policy of the roaming area is encapsulated (the flow description information of the local breakout policy includes the CDN server of the roaming area as a target server address), and is sent to the NEF of the home core network control plane H-CP to implement installation of the local breakout LBO policy of the roaming area CDN, and the local breakout policy of the roaming area CDN may be referred to as the LBO policy for short.

503. And the NEF of the home location core network control plane H-CP sends the local distribution strategy of the roaming location CDN to a home location strategy control functional entity H-PCF.

After the home location core network control plane H-CP obtains the local CDN shunting strategy of the roaming location from the home location application server, the NEF of the H-CP sends the local CDN shunting LBO strategy of the roaming location to a home location strategy control function entity H-PCF.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the application, there are various ways for the H-CP to obtain the local CDN offload policy of the roaming destination, except that a message carrying the local CDN offload policy of the roaming destination is received from the home application server H-AS, the local CDN offload policy of the roaming destination may be configured by using the home session management function entity H-SMF, or the local CDN offload policy of the roaming destination is obtained from the home policy control function entity H-PCF, which is not limited herein.

504. And the H-PCF sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the V-PCF.

And after receiving the local distribution strategy information of the CDN of the roaming place, the H-PCF sends the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the V-PCF.

It should be noted that, the message carrying the local offload policy of the CDN in the roaming area may also carry authorization information of an operator in the home area, so as to ensure information security during transmission.

505. And the V-PCF authenticates the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place.

And the V-PCF judges whether the local distribution strategy (and the authorization information of the home location operator) of the CDN of the roaming location is legal or not, and sends an authentication result to the V-SMF. Specifically, if it is legal, the V-PCF executes step 506; and if the authentication is illegal, the V-PCF feeds back an authentication failure response message to the V-SMF.

It should be noted that the OTT service provider has subscribed to the local offload service package of the roaming site of the home carrier, and the home carrier has signed a service open coordination agreement with the roaming site carrier.

506. And the V-PCF sends a strategy updating request message to the V-SMF.

And the V-PCF sends a strategy updating request message to the V-SMF, wherein the strategy updating request message carries the local distribution strategy of the CDN in the roaming place. It is understood that the policy update request message may also carry authorization information of the home operator.

507. And the V-SMF transmits the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the V-UP for installation.

And after the V-SMF receives the strategy updating request message sent by the V-PCF, the V-SMF transmits the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place to the V-UP for installation.

508. And the V-UP sends an installation success response message to the V-SMF.

After the V-UP successfully installs the local CDN offload policy of the roaming place, the V-UP sends an installation success response message to the V-SMF, wherein the installation success response message is used for indicating that the local CDN offload policy of the roaming place is successfully installed on the V-UP.

509. And the V-SMF sends a successful response message of the local distribution policy installation of the CDN of the roaming place to the V-PCF.

After the V-SMF receives the successful installation response message of the CDN local offload strategy of the roaming place from the V-UP, the V-SMF forwards the successful installation response message of the CDN local offload strategy of the roaming place to the V-PCF.

510. And the V-PCF sends a successful response message of the installation of the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the H-PCF.

And after the V-PCF receives the successful installation response message of the CDN local offloading policy of the roaming place from the V-SMF, the V-PCF forwards the successful installation response message of the CDN local offloading policy of the roaming place to the H-PCF.

511. And the H-PCF sends the installation response message of the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to an application server H-AS of the home place through the H-NEF.

After the H-PCF receives a response message of successful installation of the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place from the V-PCF, the H-PCF firstly sends the installation response message of the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place to a home location network capacity opening functional entity H-NEF, and then sends the installation response message of the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place to a home location application server H-AS through the NEF.

512. And the home location application server H-AS informs the terminal that the CDN local distribution policy of the roaming location is successfully installed, and informs the terminal that the roaming location application server V-AS deployed in the roaming location can be accessed.

513. The terminal starts to visit the roaming place application server V-AS.

Referring to fig. 6, when applied to the network architecture shown in fig. 2B, another embodiment of the offloading method in the roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application includes:

601. the terminal is brought online in the operator network through normal attach and activation procedures.

602. And the terminal accesses the home application server and completes the user login process.

Steps 601 to 602 are similar to steps 301 to 302, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

603. And the NEF of the home location core network control plane H-CP sends the local distribution strategy of the roaming location CDN to a home location strategy control functional entity H-PCF.

And after the home location core network control plane H-CP acquires the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming location from the home location application server, the NEF of the H-CP sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming location to a home location strategy control functional entity H-PCF.

604. And the H-PCF authenticates the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place.

And the H-PCF judges whether the local distribution policy (and the authorization information of the home location operator) of the CDN of the roaming location is legal or not, and sends an authentication result to a home location session management function entity (H-SMF). Specifically, if it is legal, the H-PCF executes step 605; and if the authentication is illegal, the H-PCF feeds back an authentication failure response message to the home application server H-AS.

605. And the H-PCF sends the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to the H-SMF.

And after determining that the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place is legal, the H-PCF sends the local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to the H-SMF.

606. And the H-SMF transmits the Local distribution strategy of the CDN of the roaming place to a Local user plane V-Local-UP of the roaming place for installation.

And after receiving the descendant of the Local CDN shunting strategy of the roaming place at the H-SMF, the H-SMF transmits the received Local CDN shunting strategy of the roaming place to a Local user plane V-Local-UP of the roaming place for installation.

607. And the V-Local-UP sends an installation success response message to the H-SMF.

After the V-Local-UP successfully installs the Local CDN offload policy of the roaming site, the V-Local-UP sends an installation success response message to the H-SMF, wherein the installation success response message is used for indicating that the Local CDN offload policy of the roaming site is successfully installed on the V-Local-UP.

608. And the H-SMF sends a successful response message of the local distribution policy installation of the CDN of the roaming place to the H-PCF.

And after the H-SMF receives the successful installation response message of the CDN Local offload strategy of the roaming place from the V-Local-UP, the H-SMF forwards the successful installation response message of the CDN Local offload strategy of the roaming place to the H-PCF.

609. And the H-PCF sends the installation response message of the CDN local distribution strategy of the roaming place to an application server H-AS of the home place through the H-NEF.

After the H-PCF receives a response message of successful installation of the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place from the H-SMF, the H-PCF firstly sends the installation response message of the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place to an attributive place network capacity opening functional entity H-NEF, and then sends the installation response message of the CDN local shunt strategy of the roaming place to an attributive place application server H-AS through the NEF.

610. And the home location application server H-AS informs the terminal that the CDN local distribution policy of the roaming location is successfully installed, and informs the terminal that the roaming location application server V-AS deployed in the roaming location can be accessed.

611. The terminal starts to visit the roaming place application server V-AS.

Before the terminal starts to access the V-UP, the H-UP sends a notification message to the V-CP, the notification message is used for indicating that all services of the terminal at the roaming place are forwarded to the deployed V-Local-UP, and the V-CP forwards the notification message to the V-UP through a normal service flow. After the Local distribution network (CDN) shunting strategy of the roaming place is successfully installed by the V-Local-UP, the terminal starts to visit the V-UP, and the V-UP sends all service flows of a roaming user to the V-Local-UP; if the V-Local-UP judges that the address of the server accessed by the terminal is consistent with the address of the target server defined in the Local distribution rule flow description information, the V-Local-UP executes a CDN Local distribution strategy of the roaming place and distributes the service flow of the terminal to an application server V-AS of the roaming place; if the V-Local-UP judges that the address of the server accessed by the terminal is inconsistent with the address of the target server defined in the Local distribution rule flow description information, namely the service is a common service, the service flow of the terminal is distributed to an application server H-AS of the home location.

It should be noted that the service flow of the non-subscription service still needs to be forwarded to the H-UP for processing.

In the embodiment of the application, when the terminal accesses the CDN server of the roaming place, local distribution can be directly executed on V-UP deployed in the roaming place based on a CDN local distribution strategy pushed by an H-CP, CDN service data streams correspondingly generated by the terminal do not need to return to the H-UP loop and then access the CDN server of the roaming place, the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the capacity of local distribution of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

In the above description of the offloading method in the roaming scenario in the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 7, a network device in the embodiment of the present application is described below, where an embodiment of the network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

a receiving unit 701, configured to receive a first message sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, where the first message includes a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscribed service, and the subscribed service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout;

a first sending unit 702, configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming area core network user plane V-UP, so that the LBO policy installs, on the V-UP, a local offload process for implementing the subscribed service.

In the embodiment of the application, the V-CP receives the local shunting strategy of the signed service pushed by the H-CP, and executes local shunting on the V-UP according to the local shunting strategy of the signed service, and the data stream correspondingly generated by the terminal does not need to return to the H-UP loop and then accesses the server of the roaming place, so that the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the local shunting capacity of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

Referring to fig. 8, another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

a receiving unit 801, configured to receive a first message sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, where the first message includes a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, and the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout;

a first sending unit 802, configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming area core network user plane V-UP, so that the LBO policy installs, on the V-UP, a local offload process for implementing the subscribed service.

Optionally, the receiving unit 801 is specifically configured to:

receiving a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF through a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy based on the signed service;

or, receiving a first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF through a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO policy based on the signed service.

Optionally, the network device may further include:

a second sending unit 803, configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF via the V-SMF;

a first determining unit 804, configured to determine, by the V-PCF, whether the LBO policy is legal.

Optionally, the network device may further include:

a second determining unit 805, configured to determine, by the V-PCF, whether the LBO policy is legal.

Optionally, the first sending unit 802 is specifically configured to:

sending the LBO policy to the V-UP through the V-SMF.

Referring to fig. 9, another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

an obtaining unit 901, configured to obtain a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout;

a sending unit 902, configured to send a first message to a roaming core network control plane V-CP, where the first message includes the LBO policy.

In the embodiment of the application, the H-CP acquires the local shunt strategy of the signed service and pushes the local shunt strategy of the signed service to the V-CP, so that the local shunt strategy of the signed service is installed in a roaming place to realize local shunt, and a data stream correspondingly generated by the terminal does not need to return to an H-UP loop and then accesses a server of the roaming place, thereby reducing the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place, realizing the local shunt capability of the terminal in the roaming place and improving the service quality.

Referring to fig. 10, another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

an obtaining unit 1001, configured to obtain a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout;

a sending unit 1002, configured to send a first message to a roaming core network control plane V-CP, where the first message includes the LBO policy.

Optionally, the sending unit 1002 may further include:

a first sending subunit 10021, configured to send, by the home session management function entity H-SMF, a first message to the roaming session management function entity V-SMF, where the first message includes the LBO policy.

Optionally, the sending unit 1002 may further include:

a second sending subunit 10022, configured to send, by the home policy control function entity H-PCF, a first message to the roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, where the first message includes the LBO policy.

Optionally, the obtaining unit 1001 is specifically configured to:

configuring the LBO policy by a home session management function (H-SMF);

or, receiving a second message sent by a home application server H-AS, wherein the second message contains the LBO policy;

or, obtaining the LBO strategy from a home policy control function entity H-PCF.

Referring to fig. 11, another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

an obtaining unit 1101, configured to obtain a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout;

a sending unit 1102, configured to send a first message to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP, where the first message includes the LBO policy, so that traffic of a subscribed service is shunted to a roaming application server V-AS.

Optionally, the sending unit 1102 is specifically configured to:

and sending the first message to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP through a home session management function (H-SMF).

In the embodiment of the application, the H-CP acquires the Local shunt strategy of the signed service and pushes the Local shunt strategy of the signed service to the V-Local-UP, so that the Local shunt strategy of the signed service is installed at a roaming place to realize Local shunt, and data streams correspondingly generated by the terminal do not need to return to an H-UP loop to access a server at the roaming place, thereby reducing the consumption of internetwork flow between the roaming place and the home place, realizing the Local shunt capability of the terminal at the roaming place, and improving the service quality.

Referring to fig. 12, another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

a receiving unit 1201, configured to receive a local breakout LBO policy of a subscription service sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, where the subscription service is a service that a user needs to locally breakout;

an installation unit 1202, configured to install the LBO policy;

if the V-Local-UP determines that the service sent by the roaming-location core network user plane V-UP is a subscription service, the offloading unit 1203 is configured to offload traffic of the subscription service to the roaming-location application server V-AS.

Optionally, the receiving unit 1201 is specifically configured to:

and receiving a local breakout LBO strategy of the signed service sent by the home session management function entity H-SMF.

In the embodiment of the application, the V-Local-UP receives the Local shunt strategy of the signed service pushed by the H-CP, and executes Local shunt on the V-Local-UP according to the Local shunt strategy of the signed service, and the data stream correspondingly generated by the terminal does not need to return to the H-UP loop and then accesses the server of the roaming place, so that the consumption of inter-network flow between the roaming place and the home place is reduced, the Local shunt capability of the terminal in the roaming place is realized, and the service quality is improved.

Fig. 7 to 12 respectively describe the network devices in the embodiment of the present application in detail from the perspective of the modular functional entity, and the network devices in the embodiment of the present application are described in detail from the perspective of hardware processing. Referring to fig. 13, another embodiment of a network device in the embodiment of the present application includes:

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application, where the network device 1300 may have a relatively large difference due to different configurations or performances, and may include one or more processors (CPUs) 1301 (e.g., one or more processors) and a memory 1309, and one or more storage media 1308 (e.g., one or more mass storage devices) for storing applications 1307 or data 1306. Memory 1309 and storage media 1308 can be, among other things, transient or persistent storage. The program stored on storage medium 1308 may include one or more modules (not shown), each of which may include a sequence of instructions for operating on the network device. Further, processor 1301 may be arranged in communication with storage medium 1308 to perform a series of instruction operations in storage medium 1308 on network device 1300.

The network device 1300 may also include one or more power supplies 1302, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1303, one or more input-output interfaces 1304, and/or one or more operating systems 1305, such as Windows Server, Mac OS X, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, etc. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the network device configuration shown in fig. 13 does not constitute a limitation of network devices and may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes each component of the network device in detail with reference to fig. 13:

the memory 1309 may be used for storing software programs and modules, and the processor 1301 executes various functional applications and data processing of the network device by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 1309. The memory 1309 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program (such as an authentication function) required by at least one function, and the like; the storage data area may store data created according to the usage of the network device (such as a CDN local breakout policy of a roaming place, authorization information of a home operator, and the like). Further, the memory 1309 can include high-speed random access memory, and can also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device. The program of the offloading method in the roaming scenario provided in the embodiment of the present application and the received data stream are stored in the memory 1309, and when they are needed to be used, the processor 1301 calls the program from the memory 1309.

The processor 1301 is a control center of the network device, and may perform service offloading according to the set offloading method. The processor 1301 connects various parts of the entire network device by using various interfaces and lines, and executes various functions of the network device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 1309 and calling data stored in the memory 1309, thereby implementing offloading of data streams of roaming services in a roaming scenario.

The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, twisted pair) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can store or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that is integrated with one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., optical Disk), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed to by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for offloading in a roaming scenario, comprising:

a roaming regional core network control plane V-CP receives a first message sent by a home regional core network control plane H-CP, wherein the first message comprises a local splitting LBO strategy based on a signing service, and the signing service is a service which needs local splitting for a terminal;

the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming ground core network user plane (V-UP) so that the LBO strategy is installed on the V-UP, and the processing mode of the V-UP on the signed service of the terminal is different from the processing mode of the V-UP on the common service of the terminal;

wherein, the processing mode of the V-UP to the signing service is local shunting processing, and the processing mode of the V-UP to the common service is home processing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, by the roaming core network control plane V-CP, the first message sent by the home core network control plane H-CP comprises:

the V-CP receives a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF through a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy based on the signed service;

or, the V-CP receives a first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF through a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO policy based on the subscription service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein after the V-CP receives a first message sent by a home session management function entity H-SMF through a roaming session management function entity V-SMF, the V-CP sends the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, and wherein the method further comprises:

the V-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming place strategy control function entity V-PCF through the V-SMF;

and the V-CP judges whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein after the V-CP receives the first message sent by a home policy control function entity H-PCF via a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, the V-CP sends the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, and wherein the method further comprises:

and the V-CP judges whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF.

5. The method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the V-CP sending the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane (V-UP) comprises:

the V-CP sends the LBO policy to the V-UP through V-SMF.

6. A method for offloading in a roaming scenario, comprising:

a home core network control plane H-CP acquires a local shunt LBO strategy based on a signed service, wherein the signed service is a service which needs local shunt by a terminal;

the H-CP sends a first message to a control plane V-CP of a roaming ground core network, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy;

the LBO policy is used to implement that a processing manner of V-UP on the subscription service of the terminal is different from a processing manner of V-UP on a normal service of the terminal, the processing manner of V-UP on the subscription service is local offload processing, and the processing manner of V-UP on the normal service is home processing.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the H-CP sending a first message to a roaming core network control plane, V-CP, comprises:

and the H-CP sends a first message to a roaming place session management function entity V-SMF through a home place session management function entity H-SMF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO strategy.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the H-CP sending a first message to a roaming core network control plane, V-CP, comprises:

and the H-CP sends a first message to a roaming place policy control function entity V-PCF through a home place policy control function entity H-PCF, wherein the first message comprises the LBO policy.

9. The method according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the acquiring, by the home core network control plane H-CP, a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscribed service comprises:

the H-CP configures the LBO strategy through a home session management function (H-SMF);

or, the H-CP receives a second message sent by a home application server (H-AS), wherein the second message contains the LBO policy;

or, the H-CP obtains the LBO strategy from a home policy control function entity (H-PCF).

10. The method according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the first message comprises authorization information of a roaming operator.

11. A method for offloading in a roaming scenario, comprising:

and the H-CP sends the LBO strategy to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP through a home policy control function entity H-PCF so AS to shunt the flow of the signed service to a roaming application server V-AS.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein sending the LBO policy to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP by the H-CP via a home policy control function entity, H-PCF, comprises:

the H-CP sends the LBO strategy to the H-PCF, and the LBO strategy is sent to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP by the H-PCF through a home session management function entity H-SMF.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the H-CP sending the LBO policy to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP via a home policy control function entity H-PC comprises:

and the H-CP sends the LBO strategy to the H-PCF, wherein the LBO strategy is sent to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP by the H-PCF through a visited policy control function entity V-PCF and a roaming session management function entity V-SMF.

14. A method for offloading in a roaming scenario, comprising:

a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP receives a Local shunting LBO strategy of a signing service sent by a home core network control plane H-CP through a home strategy control function entity H-PCF, wherein the signing service is the service which needs Local shunting by a terminal;

the V-Local-UP installs the LBO policy;

if the V-Local-UP determines that the service sent by the roaming place core network user plane V-UP is the signed service, the V-Local-UP shunts the flow of the signed service to the roaming place application server V-AS.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving, by the roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP, a Local breakout LBO policy for the subscribed service sent by the home core network control plane H-CP through the home policy control function entity H-PCF comprises:

the V-Local-UP receives a Local breakout LBO strategy of signed service sent by a home session management function entity (H-SMF), wherein the LBO strategy is sent by the H-CP to the H-SMF through the H-PCF.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving, by the roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP, a Local breakout LBO policy for the subscribed service sent by the home core network control plane H-CP through the home policy control function entity H-PCF comprises:

the V-Local-UP receives a Local breakout LBO strategy of a signed service sent by a roaming place session management function entity V-SMF, wherein the LBO strategy is sent by the H-CP to the V-SMF through the H-PCF and a strategy control function entity V-PCF of a visited place.

17. A network device, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message sent by a home core network control plane H-CP, where the first message includes a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, and the subscription service is a service that a terminal needs to locally breakout;

the first sending unit is configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming ground core network user plane V-UP, so that the LBO policy is installed on the V-UP, and a processing manner of the V-UP on the subscribed service of the terminal is different from a processing manner of the V-UP on a normal service of the terminal;

18. The network device of claim 17, wherein the receiving unit is specifically configured to:

19. The network device of claim 18, wherein after receiving the first message sent by the home session management function entity H-SMF via the roaming session management function entity V-SMF, sending the LBO policy to a roaming core network user plane V-UP, the network device further comprising:

a second sending unit, configured to send the LBO policy to a roaming policy control function entity V-PCF via the V-SMF;

and the first judging unit is used for judging whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF.

20. The network device of claim 18, wherein after receiving the first message sent by the home policy control function entity H-PCF via the roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, before sending the LBO policy to the roaming core network user plane V-UP, the network device further comprises:

and the second judging unit is used for judging whether the LBO strategy is legal or not through the V-PCF.

21. The network device according to any one of claims 17 to 20, wherein the first sending unit is specifically configured to:

sending the LBO policy to the V-UP through the V-SMF.

22. A network device, comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a local breakout LBO policy based on a subscription service, where the subscription service is a service that a terminal needs to locally breakout;

a sending unit, configured to send a first message to a roaming core network control plane V-CP, where the first message includes the LBO policy;

23. The network device of claim 22, wherein the sending unit comprises:

a first sending subunit, configured to send, to a roaming-location session management function entity V-SMF, a first message through a home-location session management function entity H-SMF, where the first message includes the LBO policy.

24. The network device of claim 22, wherein the sending unit comprises:

and a second sending subunit, configured to send, by using the home policy control function entity H-PCF, a first message to the roaming policy control function entity V-PCF, where the first message includes the LBO policy.

25. The network device according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

configuring the LBO policy by a home session management function (H-SMF);

26. The network device of any of claims 22-24, wherein the first message comprises authorization information for a roaming operator.

27. A network device, comprising:

and the sending unit is used for sending the LBO strategy to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP through a home policy control function entity H-PCF so AS to shunt the flow of the signed service to a roaming application server V-AS.

28. The network device of claim 27, wherein the sending unit is specifically configured to:

sending the LBO policy to the H-PCF, the LBO policy being sent by the H-PCF to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP via a home session management function entity (H-SMF).

29. The network device of claim 27, wherein the sending unit is specifically configured to:

and sending the LBO strategy to the H-PCF, wherein the LBO strategy is sent to a roaming Local user plane V-Local-UP by the H-PCF through a visited policy control function entity V-PCF and a roaming session management function entity V-SMF.

30. A network device, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a local breakout LBO policy of a subscription service sent by a home core network control plane H-CP through a home policy control function entity H-PCF, where the subscription service is a service that a terminal needs to locally breakout;

an installation unit for installing the LBO policy;

and the shunting unit is used for shunting the flow of the signed service to the roaming place application server V-AS if the V-Local-UP determines that the service sent by the V-UP of the roaming place core network user plane is the signed service.

31. The network device of claim 30, wherein the receiving unit is specifically configured to:

and receiving a local breakout LBO strategy of the signed service sent by a home session management function entity (H-SMF), wherein the LBO strategy is sent by the H-CP to the H-SMF through the H-PCF.

32. The network device of claim 30, wherein the receiving unit is specifically configured to:

receiving a local breakout LBO policy of a subscription service sent by a roaming place session management function entity V-SMF, wherein the LBO policy is sent to the V-SMF by the H-CP via the H-PCF and a policy control function entity V-PCF of a visited place.

33. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-16.